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\noindent{\Huge \textbf{ Tanu Kumar}}

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Research Areas & Comparative politics, South Asia,  behavior, bureaucracy, local governance \\
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Appointments 
& \textbf{Claremont Graduate University} \hfill  \\
& Assistant Professor, Division of Politics and Economics \hfill  2022-\\

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& \textbf{William \& Mary} \hfill \\
& Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Research Institute \hfill 2020-2022 \\


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Affiliations & Center for Effective Global Action Affiliate, University of California,  Berkeley \hfill 2022-\\ 
& Governance and Local Development Fellow, University of Gothenburg \hfill 2023\\


& Government Department Faculty Affiliate, William \& Mary \hfill 2020-2022  \\
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{Education} 
&Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley \hfill 2020 \\


& M.A., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley \hfill 2014 \\
& B.A., Government and Economics, Bowdoin College  \hfill 2012 \\

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Book &  \textit{Building social mobility: how subsidized homeownership creates wealth, dignity, and voice in India.} In press, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics).\\

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\nohyphens{{Articles}} 

&\textbf{Kumar, T.},\href{https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gove.12889}{``How the content of digital complaints shapes bureaucratic responsiveness in Mumbai.''}   \textit{\textit{Governance}}, 2024. \\
&--\indent Coverage: \href{https://indiahousingreport.in/outputs/opinion/how-the-content-of-demands-shapes-government-responsiveness-excerpts-from-a-discussion/}{India Housing Report}\\
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& \textbf{Kumar, T.},\href{https://doi.org/10.1086/715605}{``Home-price subsidies increase local-level political participation in urban India.''} \textit{Journal of Politics}, 2022.\\
& --\indent Coverage: \href{https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/31/heres-what-gavin-newsom-elizabeth-warren-and-microsoft-should-know-if-want-to-end-the-affordable-housing-crisis/?tid=sm_tw_cage}{\textit{The Washington Post}}, and \href{https://www.phenomenalworld.org/sources/original-and-forgery/}{\textit{Phenomenal World}} by the Jain Family Institute  \\
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& \textbf{Kumar, T.} and Stenberg, M. \href{https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874221124610}{``Why political scientists should study smaller cities.''}  \textit{Urban Affairs Review}, 2022. \\
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& Haas, N., Haenschen K., \textbf{Kumar, T.}, Panagopoulos, C., Peyton, K., Ravanilla, N., and Sierra-Ar\'{e}valo, M. \href{https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1049096522000026}{``Organizational identity and positionality in randomized control trials: considerations and advice for collaborative research teams.''} \textit{PS: Political Science and Politics,} 2022. \\
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& \textbf{Kumar, T.}, Post, A., Ray, I., Otsuka, M., and Pardo-Bosch, F. \href{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105736}{``From public service access to service quality: The distributive politics of piped water in Bangalore.''} \textit{World Development}, 2022. \\

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&\textbf{Kumar, T.},\href{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102738}{``The housing quality, income, and human capital effects of subsidized homes in urban India.''} \textit{Journal of Development Economics}, 2021.\\

&--\indent Coverage: \textit{Ideas for India} (\href{https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/household-level-effects-of-affordable-housing-evidence-from-mumbai.html}{English} and \href{https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/household-level-effects-of-affordable-housing-evidence-from-mumbai-hindi.html}{Hindi}), \href{https://theprint.in/opinion/mumbai-residents-win-govt-housing-lottery-and-spend-more-on-kids-education-jobs-study/290485/}{\textit{ThePrint}}, \href{https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/housing-is-a-welfare-weapon-it-can-help-people-escape-poverty-101629993983576.html}{\textit{The Hindustan Times}}, \href{https://indiahousingreport.in/outputs/opinion/housing-is-a-welfare-weapon-it-can-help-people-escape-poverty/}{\textit{India Housing Report}}, \href{https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mhada-home-winners-see-upswing-in-family-edu-pay-in-mumbai-study/articleshow/86468320.cms}{\textit{The Times of India}}, and \href{https://voxdev.org/topic/infrastructure-urbanisation/household-level-effects-subsidised-housing-evidence-urban-india?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter}{\textit{VoxDev}} \\
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&\textbf{Kumar, T.}, Post, A., and Ray, I. \href{https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X1830032}{``Flows, leaks, and blockages in informational interventions: A field experimental study of Bangalore's water sector.''} \textit{World Development}, 2018.\\

&--\indent Coverage: \href{https://blog.usaid.gov/2016/05/using-mobile-phones-to-alert-households-waiting-for-nextdrop-of-water/}{USAID Impact blog} \\
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Working Papers

&``Voice and response:
How can citizens demand accountability from bureaucrats?'' w/ G. Kruks-Wisner. \textit{Submitted}.\\
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& \href{https://gld.gu.se/media/2985/gld_workingpaper_63_auerbachkumar_202303.pdf}{``Politics in the urban periphery: Citizen-led expansion and informality at the edges of India's cities.''} w/ A. Auerbach.  \textit{Submitted}.\\
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&``When do local governments improve transparency? 
Bureaucratic champions for open transit data in California'' w/ I. Ratan, A. Post, and M. Sheth. \textit{Revise \& resubmit}.\\
&--\indent Paul Sabatier Award for the best paper on science, technology, and environmental politics, APSA 2022\\
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&``Institutional capacity for development: 
An analytical framework'' w/ G. Kim, R. Ramalho, and Stuart Russell. Part of the flagship series of the Public Institutions Unit in the World Bank's Institutions Global Practice.
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%&``An experimental analysis of the impact of smartphones and household property rights on the uptake of digital financial services.'' w/ P. Roessler, P. Carroll, B. Dulani, and D. Nielson. Midline data collected.\\
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%&``Ad-supported smartphones to bridge the digital gender gap: spillover design'' w/ P. Roessler and E. Agasha. Intervention in field. \\


{{Invited Contributions}} 
& Hyun, C., \textbf{Kumar, T.}, Post, A. and Ray, I. ``Engineering predictable water supply: The humans behind the tech.'' in \href{https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-86065-3}{\textit{An Introduction to Development Engineering}}, eds. Madon, T., and Gadgil, A. Springer, 2022.\\

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& \textbf{Kumar, T.} \href{https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22390}{Review of \textit{Governing Locally: Institutions, Policies, and Implementation in Indian Cities} by B. Jacob and S. Jacob (2021, Cambridge University Press).}  \textit{Journal of Policy Analysis and Management}, 2022. \\


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%& \textbf{Kumar, T.} Review of \textit{India Moving: A History of Migration} by Chinmay Tumbe (2018, Penguin Viking).  UC Berkeley Institute for South Asia Studies. July 28, 2020.\\
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& \textbf{Kumar, T}.
 \href{https://www.comparativepoliticsnewsletter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Spring-Newsletter-2020.pdf}{``Subsidizing homeownership builds wealth, changes attitudes, and generates urban civic participation.''} in \textit{Newsletter of the Organized Section in Comparative Politics of the American Political Science Association} eds. Finkel, E., A. Lawrence and A. Mertha, 2020. \\
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& \textbf{Kumar, T.} \href{http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gove.12241/abstract}{Review of \textit{Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local}, ed. G. Shatkin (2014, Wiley-Blackwell).} \textit{Governance}, 2016. 

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Policy Writing &

%\href{https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/better-than-cash-smartphones-for-realized-financial-inclusion/}{``Better than cash? Smartphones for realized financial inclusion''} w/ P. Roessler and K. Cole. BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, 2022.\\
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\href{https://urbanaffairsreview.com/2022/10/11/why-political-scientists-should-study-smaller-cities/}{``Political scientists should study smaller cities.''} w/ M. Stenberg. \textit{Urban Affairs Forum}, 2022.\\
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%& \href{https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/smartphone-ownership-and-pathways-to-womens-uptake-of-digital-financial-services-preliminary-results-from-a-randomized-controlled-trial-in-malawi/}{``Smartphone ownership and women’s financial inclusion: Preliminary results from a randomized controlled trial in Malawi''} w/ P. Roessler, P. Carroll, B. Dulani, and D. Nielson. BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, 2022.\\

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& \href{https://voxdev.org/topic/infrastructure-urbanisation/household-level-effects-subsidised-housing-evidence-urban-india?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter}{``Household-level effects of subsidized housing: Evidence from urban India."} \textit{VoxDev}, 2022.\\
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& \href{https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3797p0ws}{``Benchmarking `smart city' adoption in California: Developing and piloting a data collection approach.''} w/ K. Trapenberg Frick, G. Mendon\c{c}a Abreu, and A. Post. University of California. 2021. \\
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& \href{https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/housing-is-a-welfare-weapon-it-can-help-people-escape-poverty-101629993983576.html}{``Housing is a welfare weapon. It can help people escape poverty."} \textit{The Hindustan Times}, 2021. \href{https://indiahousingreport.in/outputs/opinion/housing-is-a-welfare-weapon-it-can-help-people-escape-poverty/}{Syndicated in} \textit{India Housing Report}. \\ 
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&   \href{https://www.discoursemagazine.com/politics/2020/12/24/ideas-of-india-how-does-subsidizing-housing-prices-shape-political-behavior}{``How does subsidizing housing shape political behavior?''} \textit{Ideas of India} (podcast), 2020.\\

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& \href{https://theprint.in/opinion/mumbai-residents-win-govt-housing-lottery-and-spend-more-on-kids-education-jobs-study/290485/}{``Mumbai residents win govt housing lottery and spend more on kids' education, jobs: Study.''} \textit{ThePrint}, 2019. \\
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&\href{https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/household-level-effects-of-affordable-housing-evidence-from-mumbai.html}{``Household-level effects of affordable housing: Evidence from Mumbai."} \textit{Ideas for India}, 2019.  \href{https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/household-level-effects-of-affordable-housing-evidence-from-mumbai-hindi.html}{Also translated to} Hindi.\\

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& \href{https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/31/heres-what-gavin-newsom-elizabeth-warren-and-microsoft-should-know-if-want-to-end-the-affordable-housing-crisis/?tid=sm_tw_cage}{``Here's what Gavin Newsom, Elizabeth Warren, and Microsoft should know if they want to end the affordable housing crisis.''} \textit{The Washington Post Monkey Cage}, 2019.\\



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{{Honors}} 
& Paul Sabatier Award -- APSA Science, Technology \& Environmental Politics Section, 2023\\
& Susan Clarke Young Scholar -- APSA Urban \& Local Politics Section, 2021\\

& Best Dissertation  (Honorable Mention) -- APSA Urban \& Local Politics Section, 2021 \\
& DeAlva Stanwood Alexander First Prize -- Bowdoin College, 2012 \\

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{{Research Grants}} 
& \textbf{External}\\
& BRAC (w/ S. Bhattacharya, P. Carroll, B. Dulani, P. Roessler,  D. Nielson), 2023
 \hfill \$228,012\\
& Accountable Institutions \& Behavior, NSF (w/ A. Post and N. Kuipers), 2023 \hfill \$350,000\\
& Edward Artinian Fund for Publishing, APSA, 2022 \hfill \$2,400\\
& Open Philanthropy, Good Ventures Fund (w/ P. Roessler), 2022 \hfill \$100,000\\
& BRAC (w/ P. Carroll, B. Dulani, P. Roessler,  D. Nielson), 2021
 \hfill \$46,337\\


& GLD, University of Gothenburg (w/ A. Auerbach), 2021
\hfill 29,619 kr \\


& Alma Ostrom and Leah Hopkins Awan Civic Education Fund, APSA, 2019 \hfill \$2,300\\

%& American Political Science Association Conference Travel Grant, 2018 \hfill \$500\\


& Weiss Family Fund for Development Economics, Harvard University, 2017
 \hfill \$21,577\\


&Weiss Family Fund for Development Economics, Harvard University, 2016 \hfill \$6,900  \\

&Governance Initiative, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT, 2016 \hfill \$8,700 \\

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& \textbf{Internal}\\

& Lincoln Family Foundation, Claremont Graduate University, 2023 \hfill \$5,000\\

%& Bhattacharya Graduate Travel Grant,  University of California, Berkeley, 2018 \hfill \$500\\

&Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2017 \hfill \$15,000  \\
& Letters and Sciences Summer Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2014 \hfill \$5,000\\
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{{Selected Presentations}} & \textbf{Invited Talks}\\
&Global Governance Practice, The World Bank,  2024\\

&McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 2024\\
& The India Center, University of Central Florida, 2024\\
&Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, 2023\\
 &Brown-Harvard-MIT Joint Seminar in South Asian Politics, Harvard University, 2022\\
  &Thinking Globally, Foreign Service Institute, 2022 \\
 &Urban Workshop Series, Centre for Policy Research India, 2022\\

 &Global Politics Series, University of Virginia, 2022\\
&Complex Governance Seminar, American University, 2022\\
&The Politics Forum, The College of New Jersey, 2021\\
 &Inequality and Policy Research Center, Claremont Graduate University, 2020\\
 & Comparative Politics and Political Economy Seminar, UC Santa Barbara, 2020\\
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& \textbf{Workshops}\\ 
& Center for Effective Global Action Research Retreat, UC Berkeley, 2024\\
& Historical Political Economy (discussant), University of Southern California, 2024\\
&What Works, Centro de Investigaci\'{o}n y Docencia Econ\'{o}micas, 2024\\


& SoCal Public Institutions and Political Economy, 2024\\ & CASI India Political Economy Workshop, University of Pennsylvania, 2023\\     

&SoCal Political Economy Workshop (discussant), CalTech, 2023\\
 &Program on Governance and Local Development, University of Gothenburg, 2023\\

           &Housing Politics and Policy Conference, Princeton University, 2022\\
 & Workshop on the Political Economy of South Asia (discussant), 2022\\        



  & Visions in Methodology, Claremont Graduate University, 2021 \\
  
    &Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science, Emory University, 2021 \\
 

 & Economics of Cities and Development, Johns Hopkins University, 2020\\
 & Pacific Conference for Development Economics, UC Berkeley, 2020 \\
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% & Experimental Political Science Graduate Student Conference, Harvard University\\
% & Development and Political Economics Graduate Student Conference, Stanford University\\
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{{Teaching}}  & \textbf{Claremont Graduate University} \\
& Comparative Public Policy,  Fall 2023\\
&International Development: Institutions, Households, \& Policy, Spring 2023, 2024\\
&Political Behavior in Developing Democracies, Spring 2023, Fall 2024\\
&Nature of Inquiry (Introduction to Data and Research Design), Fall 2022, 2023, 2024 \\
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& \textbf{William \& Mary} \\
&Political Behavior in Developing Democracies, Fall 2021 \\


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%& \textbf{University of California, Berkeley}\\
%& Quantitative Analysis (PhD level) - GSI for Professor Joel Middleton, Fall 2018 \\
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%& Research in South Asian Politics - TA for Professor Pradeep Chhibber, Spring 2016, 2019\\
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%& Political Developments in India - GSI for Professor Pradeep Chhibber, Summer 2017, 2018\\
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{{Dissertation committees}}
& \textbf{Claremont Graduate University} \\

&Lama Shaiekh, Mona Shadia, Rooppreet Sohal, Ibrahim Alsuhaibani, Jennifer Verdier, Nazif Sali, Lale Pakradounian, Ani Apyan, Chisanga Chanda, Annie Chu \\
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\nohyphens{{Consulting}} & World Bank, Public Institutions Unit (Institutions Global Practice), 2024-\\

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\nohyphens{{Service}} & \textbf{Claremont Graduate University} \\ & Information Technology Committee, 2024 \\
& Co-founder of the Political Behavior Lab, Claremont Graduate University 2022- \\

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& \textbf{Discipline-wide} \\
&Peer Review: \textit{American Journal of Political Science}, \textit{American Political Science Review}, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development Grants, CEGA Grant Competitions, \textit{Journal of Development Economics}, \textit{Housing \& Society},
\textit{Journal of Policy Analysis and Management}, \textit{Journal of Politics}, \textit{Journal of Urban Economics}, \textit{Local Government Studies}, Oxford University Press, \textit{PLOS ONE}, \textit{PS: Political Science}, \textit{Urban Affairs Review}, \textit{World Politics}, \textit{Social Policy \& Administration}, \textit{Studies in Comparative International Development}\\ 
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& Nominations Committee, APSA Urban \& Local Politics Section, 2024\\
 & Co-organizer for \href{https://www.globalsouthurbanpols.com}{Virtual Workshop on Urban Politics in the Global South}, 2022, 2023, 2024\\


&Excellence in Mentoring Award Committee, APSA Public Policy Section, 2022 \\





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